I woke up this morning to the news that Amendment 1 had passed in North Carolina defining marriage as between a man and a woman and banning civil unions as well in that state.
The this evening I get the pleasant surprise of reading that the President of the United States, Barack Obama, who previously has said that marriage is between a man and a woman came around and said he now supports full marriage equality!
That is awesome and for a news day, especially a gay news day, so bipolar.
But as happy as I am about Obama changing his mind, I cannot help but think of this as a political move. The presidential candidates now are as far apart on civil rights issues as they possibly can. Romney the ultra conservative mormon, and Obama supporting marriage equality. I just find the timing curious.
2 comments:
I hate North Carolina! And who cares why Obama flipped...it's more momentum! He has to talk about why it's a good thing!
I am so happy that he flipped but the timing is very curious. But I guess it's all about the timing in politics and in re-elections
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